Detect Invisible SOS from Your Legs and Hips Just by Walking Through Your Usual Station. AcceleBody Connects "Daily Life Paths" with "the Forefront of Medicine" to Create a Social Infrastructure for a Lifetime of Independent Mobility.

"Our company supports April Dream, a project to make April 1st a day to announce dreams. This press release is a dream of 'AcceleBody Inc.'"

Background of the Dream: Eliminating Regret in Medical Settings – "If only they had seen me sooner"

Japan is facing a super-aged society, and leg and hip problems (fractures, falls, joint diseases, etc.) are among the leading causes of requiring long-term care. In fact, it is said that approximately 80% of people experiencing leg and hip pain remain "unexamined" by medical institutions. The current situation is that many people endure pain without realizing objective risks, neglecting them until their condition becomes severe.

Consequently, orthopedic surgeons and physical therapists regularly face patients who come to the hospital only after it has become difficult to walk due to pain. They often harbor the regret, "If only they had come sooner, it wouldn't have become this severe."

What if, without even needing to go to a hospital, simply "by walking through your daily train station or shopping mall," the "invisible burden" on your legs and hips could be automatically detected, connecting you to local specialists before it's too late? We, AcceleBody, are challenging the dream of seamlessly connecting people's "daily life paths" to the forefront of medicine, transforming them into venues for leg and hip health check-ups, by combining cutting-edge biomechanics and AI.

Current Initiatives: Advanced Mechanical Analysis Technology as a "New Weapon" for Professionals

Accurately measuring the "repulsive force from the floor" and the "invisible load on joints" during walking previously required large-scale specialized equipment. AcceleBody has established its unique core technology (patent pending) that combines AI (image recognition) with mechanical estimation technology derived from robot control, enabling high-speed estimation of advanced mechanical information solely through camera capture. Currently, we are already using this technology as a foundation to solve problems in medical settings and daily life paths.

- **Launch of the General Medical Device "Gait Analyzer" and Collaborative Research with Specialists:** We have released a single-camera gait analysis system as a general medical device that requires no marker attachment or prior calibration whatsoever. It analyzes "mechanical information" such as ground reaction force and joint moments, which are invisible in addition to joint angles during walking, in approximately one minute. Currently, utilizing this product and the data obtained, we are conducting research and development with specialists such as physical therapists on "how to evaluate and implement optimal therapeutic interventions" in clinical settings.

- **Verification Testing for Implementation in Daily Life Paths:** In collaboration with Hankyu Hanshin Holdings and others, we are conducting a demonstration experiment for a "leg and hip health check-up" that visualizes leg and hip risks outside of hospitals. We have already begun verification to encourage preventative actions among the unexamined population by bringing advanced analytical technology out of the hospital.

Envisioned Future: A World Where Expert Knowledge Illuminates Society, and Everyone Lives Authentically

What we aim for is a future where these technologies are integrated into all urban infrastructures, and the highly specialized knowledge of orthopedic surgeons and physical therapists is utilized to its fullest extent throughout society.

A few steps toward the station turnstile. An environmental camera captures this natural walking motion, and AcceleBody's core technology instantly calculates the "invisible joint load." If signs leading to future knee pain are detected, a notification will quietly arrive on your smartphone. "There seems to be some strain on your right knee. Would you like to receive preventive care from a specialized physical therapist at an affiliated clinic in front of the station?"

We are not using AI to replace the work of specialists. Instead, we aim to be a bridge that connects potential patients to specialists at the optimal timing when their "hands" and "knowledge" are most needed.

Ultimately, what we aim for is not merely disease prevention. It is to powerfully extend people's "healthy lifespan" from their legs and hips. To be able to walk on your own two feet even at 100 years old, to go where you want to go, and to do what you want to do. To create a society where everyone can "live authentically" until the very end.

To make cities smarter with technology and, together with medical professionals, protect humanity's freedom of movement. That is the dream AcceleBody is striving to achieve.

"April Dream" is a project by PR TIMES where companies announce dreams they aspire to realize on April 1st. We are seriously committed to realizing this dream.

About AcceleBody Inc.

Name: AcceleBody Inc. Location: 1-25-18 Senkawa, Toshima-ku, Tokyo Representatives: Haruo Aoki (Representative Director & CTO), Ryota Nakamura (Representative Director & CEO) Established: December 2023 URL: https://www.accelebody.com/